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“We didn’t come out the flashiest, but when people got a chance to see our work they realized how solidewe are, and it’s created relationships that have been said Dianna Colton, co-founder of Rebel Rebel. Sincde launching in 2007, Rebel Rebel has provided productionand post-production services — from commercials and videos to presentations and videio Web content — and has amassed a roste of notable clients, including GSD&j Idea City, Dell Inc., Sicola Martin, Schematicf and Door Number 3.
The five-personh production house grew 100percent year-over-year, and is on targeft to generate $1 million in revenue this But before growth there was overcoming being new, said Chrids Blankenship, the other co-founder of Rebel Rebel. “I t was a little toughg getting in the door of some placeswat first. The firstg year was kind of hard. I don’t thin either of us realized how hard it would be,” Blankenship said. Blankenship and Colton have experience and connectionx in the localproduction industry.
Blankenshiop cut his teeth in productiohn in China and has 17 years of experiencewin editing, visual effects and post Colton has executive producing experience, and she launched a successfull fashion business. Blankenship said transitioning from a freelancer to a businessma n hasbeen challenging, and getting clients to think of Rebelp Rebel for larger projects took some convincing at “We took a pretty good look at what we thoughyt the business was going to be for us, and we had to come to some hard realizationsd that that wasn’t the way things were,” Blankenship said.
In addition to being Blankenship saidthe company’s flexibility in takiny small and large projects has helped sell its The company uses freelancers, which enables it to ramp up quicklu for larger projects and to test out employeez before adding them to their staff. Blankenship said Rebek Rebel hasn’t been entirely immune to the It saw work plateauin March, but for the most part, businesse has been steady. “We’ve been pretty busy for the last he said. As a smaller production Rebel Rebel has been able to weatherr the recession a bit better because it has less Blankenship said.
There are more than 20 film and video productioj companies in the Central Texas Among the largest production companies here are OmegaBroadcast Group, 501 Groulp Inc. and Elephant Productions Inc. Quincy Lowman, president of Elephant Productions, says that the production landscape is gettintg increasingly more competitive with new players enterinythe market. At the same time, he said demanf is going up forproductionb work. “I think the outlook is positive.
Videlo is increasingly being used to train and now everybody has video on theirWeb site,” Lowman “The market has grown, but the competition has Colton said Rebel Rebel’s work has been evenl split between local, regional and national work. It recentlgy hired a national sales representative. Coltohn and Blankenship said they aren’t concernes with becoming a larger “We will continue to work with more people and create more Colton said. “In the short we want to find new clients, build a base and do a varietgof work.
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